MAX WON DANCING WITH THE STARS. THE MOST-TALKED- ABOUT CONTESTANT THIS SEASON---- MIGHT BE A WOMAN WHO DIDN'T WIN, MEGAN. HOW DOES SHE DO IT STEPHANIE? THAT'S WHAT FOLKS HAVE SAID ABOUT AMY PURDY. SHE LOST HER LEGS AT 19 WENT ON TO WIN PARALYMPIC MEDALS IN SNOWBOARDING - AND NOW SURPRISED EVERYONE ON DANCING WITH THE STARS. WE FOUND OUT HER STORY-- INSPRING AMPUTEES IN OUR AREA AND THE EXPERTS WHO WORK WITH THEM. NOT MANY PEOPLE CAN SAY THEY BUILT THEIR OWN LEG-- BUT BLAKE CARR DID. 7228-01 BLAKE CARR: 5:56- I HAVE A LINER THAT I ROLL ON TEH SKIN OF MY LEG THEN I PUT THIS SOCKET ON 6:01 BLAKE WAS AN 18 YEAR OLD HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL STAR WHEN HE CRASHED HIS FOUR WHEELER AND LOST HIS LEG. 7228-01BLAKE CARR: 4:03- THE FIRST DAY I GOT OUT OF THE HOSPITAL I WAS 30 POUNDS LIGHTER I WAS WEAK I WAS PALE I FOUND OUT MY TEAM WAS PLAYING A SUMMER LEAGUE GAME AND I SAID MOM YOURE TAKING ME BY THE FIELD. 4:17 BLAKE DECIDED THEN HE WOULD GET BACK ON THE FIELD. AND A FEW MONTHS LATER HE DID. 5:01- I HAD BUTTERFLIES I WAS WONDERING IF I WOULD STILL BE AS QUICK OFF THE MOUND. IF THEY WERE GOING TO TRY AND BUNT ON ME AND WHAT NOT 5:09 THE PROSTHETIC WASN'T A PROBLEM. BLAKE WAS JUST AS GOOD. HE EVEN PLAYED COLLEGE BALL UNTIL HIS DOCTORS AT UMC CALLED HIM TO WORK WITH THEM. RICK PSONAK: 30- HOW HAVE THINGS CHANGED? ITS INCREDIBLE THE CHANGE IN TECHNOLOGY. 34 RICK PSONAK HAS WORKED WITH AMPUTEES FOR 30 YEARS. THIS SEASON HE'S TUNED IN TO DANCING WITH THE STARS TO SEE THE DEVICES HE USES EVERYDAY TESTED ON THE LEGS OF AMY PURDY. 1:26- EACH FOOT HAS A DISADVANTAGE AND I THINK THAT'S WHY AMY PURDY IS USING DIFFERENT FEET. 1:30 4:00- SEEING SOMEBODY LIKE HER-- HER IMSPIRATION IS CONTAGIOUS 4:02 ---CONTAGIOUS FOR HIS PATIENTS TOO. 7225-02 1:44- I LOOKED IT UP ON YOU TUBE AND I WAS JUST AMAZED AT THAT LADY AT THAT YOUNG LADY AND WHAT SHE DOES. I TOLD HIM IT'S NOT FAIR I NEVER HAD 5 SETS OF LEGS AT THE SAME TIME 1:56 MARY NATIONS SMITH WAS FIVE WHEN SHE LOST HER LEG-- 7224 20- THOSE ARE WOODEN LEGS BY THE WAY. 21 ...HER FIRST PROSTHETIC. MARY LEARNED TO WALKED THE DAY SHE GOT IT AND..67 YEARS LATER-- NEVER LOOKED BACK. 7225-01 9- WATERSKI DANCE AND I SKATE YOU JUST DO THOSE THINGS 17 PSONAK 3:33-I THINK WHAT IT IS PEOPLE LIKE AMY PURDY MARY NATIONS SMITH NOBODY TOLD THEM THEY WERE HANDICAPPED THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN DO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING 3:47 AND IF THEY DON'T... BLAKE CAR WILL TELL THEM. HE VISITS THE HOSPITAL ROOMS OF NEW AMPUTEES. LIKE ONE GUY JUST LIKE WEEK. 7229-01 22- HE DOESNT WANT TO TALK RIGHT NOW ALRIGHT MAN THAT'S FINE... I TURN TO LEAVE LIFT UP MY PANT LEG...THE LIGHTS COME UP HE'S RAISIN UP THE BED MAN IM SORRY IT'S I GOT SO MANY QUESTIONS AND STUFF 43 BLAKE TALKS THEM THROUGH IT...ONE STEP AT A TIME. MARY NATIONS SMITH TALKED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PROSTHETIC LEGS AMY PURDY USED TO DANCE. DOCTORS TELL US THERE ISN'T ONE PROSTHETIC LEG THAT IS PERFECT FOR EVERY ACTIVITY, BUT ONE IS ALL MOST INSURERS WILL PAY FOR. THEY THINK AMY'S HIGH PROFILE STORY COULD HELP CHANGE HELP THAT...HELP MORE OF THEIR PATIENTS DO EVERYTHING THEY DID